Hello all and welcome back! This season, I think it’s safe to say welcome back to the #1 salary cap stats and fun facts article in North America. Maybe including Europe. Possibly the world? Really though, I am so happy to be back talking hockey with all of you. Fantasy drafts are taking place all [...]
We will start today with some injury news. There have been nervous fantasy managers around the league as far as goaltending is concerned. Thatcher Demko’s season out in Vancouver is still very muddled, Jeremy Swayman has yet to sign with Boston, and now another quick update on New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin: https://twitter.com/stefen_rosner/status/1838964384464327075 Sorokin [...]
It’s time again for the longest running annual poll of this column, and, just maybe, the most important. That’s because it centers around goalies, who, on a per player basis, are nearly always the most impactful to one’s fantasy team. That’s why it’s crucial to guess correctly as to which goalies, among several challengers, will [...]
We’re back once again, now with Leon Draisaitl signed for eight more years at $14 million per. He has set the new bar that Connor McDavid and his extension will clear just next year. In the meantime, we’re still waiting on contracts for a handful of RFAs. The RFAs that worried me the most to [...]
With a three-year-old and infant twins at home I haven’t done nearly the research or the number of mock drafts that I would usually like to when approaching draft season, but regardless I have still zeroed in on a handful of my favourite selections after pick 150 or so. We’re using Yahoo’s ADP numbers because [...]
A few weeks back we took a look at some of our favourite under-the-radar-type fantasy hockey targets primed for sneaky-good seasons that other GMs could be sleeping on or overlooking. Players that might not be getting a lot of shine or playing time but that could still serve as valuable peripheral pieces to round out [...]
Anthony Duclair was still on the New York Islanders’ top PP unit in practice yesterday. Projections will be discussed later but having L1/PP1 status matters a lot to Duclair’s 2024-25 fantasy outlook. * Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin was skating before Buffalo’s practice as he had been injured very, very early in training camp: https://twitter.com/engelheather/status/1838210339076296809 [...]
Our latest top-10 draft prep piece arrives in the blue paint for a look at the best of the best between the pipes and the top fantasy goaltending duos in the NHL. With most clubs now going with, at least, two or three serviceable NHL netminders, it’s important that fantasy GMs in any league format [...]
Today we are going to look at the first eight teams in the West and determine which roster spots, if any, actually have openings for competition. Each year, we get excited at the idea of a young prospect having an outstanding training camp and making the NHL roster as an 18- to 20-year-old rookie. Unfortunately, [...]
When sharing five tips for your fantasy draft, I made the obvious claim that not every player elevates their game when they’re in the final year of a contract. One of our lovely readers, Glenn, aptly pointed out that having real data behind that claim would make it more useful. If pending UFAs elevate their [...]
